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A busy day for students at the amazing University of Birmingham Dubai campus.

This is a telling graphic demonstrating the regional imbalances we City-REDI have been revealing for some time. Directly linked to the polarisation in per-capita indicators of socio-economic, health, welfare and opportunity we have evidenced.

📈 Exciting insights from the City-REDI Birmingham Economic Review 2023 launch event! Birmingham faces challenges, but its resilience shines through. From economic shocks to sustainability, the city's cultural identity is key to positive change. More ⬇️ blog.bham.ac.uk/cityredi/the-l…

2022 saw the most significant number of firm insolvencies (bankruptcies) since 2009 in #England and #Wales. Simon Collinson, Dr Huanjia Ma and Matt Lyons discuss this impact on the #Birmingham City-Region for the #BER23. GreaterBhamChambers ow.ly/3O9Z50Q4pT2

The new 2023 report ‘Megatrends in the Midlands’ identifies four major megatrends likely to impact the region. Matt Lyons and Charlotte Hoole provide a short overview of the report. ow.ly/7b1m50Q7MeW

Apologies to Paul Krugman for the clash this morning North American Regional Science Council (NARSC). Given City-REDI reputation for impactful research we know where the audience is going to be…

And equally stark at the regional level for the UK... my estimates:

Did you manage to hand him those final minor corrections Tim Vorley ?

🆕🚨New paper🚨🆕 Power asymmetries in the UK political system are constraining regional environmental policy. "holistic long-term environmental transitions [require] more fundamental reforms to the structure of political systems" bit.ly/3tvAn21 Charlotte Hoole Ananya Mukherjee

Enhancing University Contributions to Local Growth by Targeting High-Potential Firms and Industries Part 2 from a blog series examining the role of universities in regional development. By Simon Collinson, @fumi_kitagawa, and Tomas C Ulrichsen. shorturl.at/ekYZ7

Interesting meeting with Peter Kyle with Rebecca Riley - on new policies for inclusive regional economic growth in places like Birmingham - and the role of universities like Uni of Birmingham in local innovation ecosystems. Great to be able to showcase City-REDI.

What a wonderful team! Hope it went well!

This series complements Higher Education Policy Institute report on the distribution of research funding and outputs timeshighereducation.com/news/golden-tr…. City-REDI and @TUIrichsen focus on outcomes and how universities could do more.

The Importance of Good R&D Data and Current Challenges Kelvin and Kostas Kollydas discuss why detailed R&D is essential and examine the challenges in current #data collection and availability, particularly at the sub-national level. shorturl.at/fHMQ0 #localgov #RandD

So important to have evaluation tools like this to understand the trade-offs between different approaches. More precise policy interventions will help progress towards net zero goals. A great blog from Annum Rafique.

Strong evidence of multiplier effects and productivity spillovers. But the benefits to local regions, many stuck in development traps, could be improved. That is what we discuss in our series of blogs. shorturl.at/lADHO

What conditions are necessary for policies to deliver the economic & social advances many places in England so badly need? Jeffrey Matsu explains how @CIPFA & City-REDI used international exemplars to help address these questions for an English context. bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/blog/mapping-i…

Lots of work - but this is completely revised and up to date. A milestone edition with loads of new case studies and in-depth coverage of new global trade & FDI dynamics and a strong focus on responsible MNEs. Alan would have been proud.

A really nice balance between the need to create wealth and distribute it more widely, from better innovation systems. A next step might be what better practices are transferrable from Taiwan, Sweden, Austria, and Switzerland given the different varieties of capitalism.

Huge congratulations to Jack Newman (On Bluesky: jacknewman.bsky.social) and Charlotte Hoole and other co-authors. Well deserved.